2 barrel with stock exhaust??

I have 72 demon with an offy 4 barrel manifold and 4 barrel carb. I personally feel the 4 barrel is a waste with the stock exhaust but it was set up like that before I got the car. It runs but not very good but it really needs a tune up.


So I am thinking to replace the 4 barrel setup with a 2 barrel set up and replace the timing chain and tune it up. I am not sure if even the 2 barrel set up would be a waste on the stock exhaust. However I do not have headers and headers are not currently in the budget.

Would a 2 barrel have any or much more scoot over a 1 barrel with the stock exhaust?

The car has the original 7.25 rear and floor shifted 3 speed manual with 195/70 R14s, everything is pretty much stock.

It has been my experience on two different slants that a two bbl is an improvement over a one barrel even with stock exhaust.
I am sure others will pipe in with comments but from what I have read a single exit pipe performs better than duals, but a slightly larger diameter exhaust may be an improvement. Maybe better with dual exhaust from the head and into a y pipe a few feet down.

YMMV.

Mike